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D. W. BOVEE & W. H. PALMER,

Cover for Hay-Stack.

No. 226,900. Patented April 27,1880.

N. PETERS. FNOTD-LITNOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D. Q

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID W. BOVEE AND WILLIAM H, PALMER, OF HIGHLAND CENTRE, WIS.

COVER FOR HAY-STACKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,900, dated April 27, 1880.

Application filed January 30, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be itknown that we, DAVID W. BovEE and WM. H.-PALMER, of Richland Centre, in the county of Richland and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Covers for Hay Stacks; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in covers for hay-stacks; and it consists in connecting two or more sections of roofing together by means of hooks, as will be more fully described hereinafter, whereby a flexible cover for stacks or a roof for stock can be at once formed and applied.

Figure 1 is a plan view of our invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective of one of the sections alone.

a represents a light rectangular frame, which is covered over by means of boards or other suitable material, so as to be water-tight. Each section 0 of the roofing thus formed may be of any desired shape or size, and has two hooks, d, projecting outward beyond two of its adjoining edges, and has two holes, 0, made through its other two edges, as shown.

Any desired number of these sections may be hooked together, according to the size of roof that is needed, and then used to form a cover for hay-stacks, grain, or stock, as may be required. As the hooks form sort of hinges, the roof is sufficiently flexible to assume any shape desired, and so when the roof is placed upon the stack it at once settles down upon the sides in such a manner as to throw off all the rain and water that may fall upon it.

Having thus described our invention, we claim- A roof or cover for stacks or stock composed of a number of sections, 0, each one of which is provided with hooks d and holes e, substantially as shown.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands this 6th day of November, 1879.

DAVID W. BOVEE.

WM. H. PALMER.

Witnesses:

O. G. RoDoLF, CHARLES H. ISHAM. 

